The very first Man of Steel trailer was underwhelming and played out more like a Terence Malick production. A lot seem to have happened between the release of that first official to the latest one which Warner Brothers premiered earlier today. Where the first trailer was all about serene images of Kal-El in his Clark Kent persona going through his Jack London phase this second trailer delves more into the persona of an emergent Superman who fears that the world he intends to protect from General Zod may not and will not be ready to accept his as their savior.
We get to see more glimpses of the action Man of Steel seem to have more of than the underwhelming reboot done by Bryan Singer just a couple years ago. There’s scenes of entire high-rises collapsing and what looks like Superman battling either Zod or, at the very least, Zod’s minions. We also get to see some of the other cast members from Costner’s Pa Kent to Diane Lane as Ma Kent. We already get to see Michael Shannon as General Zod and Richard Schiff as S.T.A.R. Labs director Dr. Emil Hamilton. The film doesn’t give it out but whether Emil Hamilton is an ally of Superman or a potential enemy the film will have to answer.
The story has a lot of the gritty, realistic DNA that Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy had but the impressive visuals that Zack Snyder has become well-known for. It’s going to be interesting to see if the Nolan narrative aesthetic will be able to co-exist with the Snyder flair for imagery.
We’ll find out in June 14, 2013 if all the questions being asked about this second reboot of the Superman franchise will be positive ones or more of the case of opportunity and potential wasted.
Through the Shattered Lens 
Underwhelming? The lack of focus on action, and it being Malick-y is the main reason why I loved this trailer, and actually have excitement for this. If you are going to do another Superman origin story, at least do something different, and being “deep” and exploring how people might accept someone who is essentially a ‘god’ like figure is the way to do it.
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Which trailer we talking about? The underwhelming one for me was the first one that came out months ago when the production was still in the early stages of filming. I actually like this second one which balances the quiet moments with the Kents to the action of Clark letting his inner ubermensch out.
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Oh, for some reason I thought you meant this one, consider the first more as a teaser, read trailer, mind stopped working, and then hit reply.
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Hmmm, I knew I lost you somewhere in that post. LOL.
BTW, just received my Special Edition Soundtrack of The Hobbit. Just give Howard Shore the Oscar and all the awards for this score.
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More power to you if that’s how you feel.
As for the remaking thing that’s an argument that’s as old as the very classics you say you now enjoy watching more. Everything has been remade, rebooted or redone in some fashion in the hundred or more years that people have been making films both silent and with sound. I don’t judge a film, a book or music on whether it’s been done before but on whether it’s actually good on it’s own merits.
As for me, I’m not overly excited about Man of Steel, but I do know that I will watch it and see if it’s actually any good. It doesn’t have to be an instant classic. It just has to tell and show me a good and entertaining story. It’s all most people want from their entertainment. Not everything has to be a visual essay on thematic themes taught and debated in film classes since such things were made available in universities and learning annexes.
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